Men's Soccer

Mariners lose on late goal to Stevens Tech, 2-1

Oct 12, 2011

KINGS POINT, N.Y. – Curtis Stecyk scored off a 30-yard line drive at 77:19 to break a 1-1 tie and lift Stevens Tech to a 2-1 non-conference men's college soccer win over the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Tomb Field on Wednesday night.

The game ended a three-game stretch in which the Mariners (7-5-1) played against three sides that participated in last year's NCAA Division III tournament. They stunned William Paterson, 1-0, on Oct. 4 before falling to Catholic University on Saturday, 2-1.

The Ducks (10-2) are ranked 15th in the most recent D3Soccer.com poll.

"I thought tonight was the best team we played and I thought we played our best match," Kings Point coach Mike Smolens said. "That's a quality team we played and we played very well.

"With some players out, we got some positive performances tonight."

Anthony Roden had given Tech the lead at 18:58, when Mariners midfielder Casey Desiderio (Media, Pa.) tried to clear the ball, but it hit Roden and went into the net past goalkeeper Gary Poulin (Hauppauge, N.Y).